10-letter words containing a, d
- audiograms — Plural form of audiogram.
- audiograph — a machine used to test a patient's hearing by transmitting sound waves directly to the inner ear
- audioguide — Alternative form of audio guide.
- audiologic — of or relating to audiology
- audiometer — an instrument for testing the intensity and frequency range of sound that is capable of detection by the human ear
- audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- audiophile — a person who has a great interest in high-fidelity sound reproduction
- audiotapes — Plural form of audiotape.
- auditioned — Simple past tense and past participle of audition.
- auditionee — a person who competes or takes part in an audition.
- auditioner — a person who attends an audition
- auditorily — in an auditory manner, by hearing
- auditorium — An auditorium is the part of a theatre or concert hall where the audience sits.
- aurangabad — city in central Maharashtra, W India: pop. 573,000
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- australoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to a supposed racial group that includes the native Australians and certain other peoples of southern Asia and the Pacific islands.
- authorised — Alternative spelling of authorized.
- authorized — officially permitted or empowered
- auto de fe — auto-da-fé
- auto-da-fe — a ceremony of the Spanish Inquisition including the pronouncement and execution of sentences passed on sinners or heretics
- autoclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of autoclave.
- autodialer — An electronic device that dials telephone numbers randomly or from a list and may also leave messages and request information.
- autodidact — a person who is self-taught
- autodigest — To carry out autodigestion.
- autoloader — stack loader
- autopodium — (anatomy) The distal part of a limb; a hand or foot.
- autostrada — an Italian motorway
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- auxocardia — enlargement of the heart, as by hypertrophy or dilatation.
- avalanched — Simple past tense and past participle of avalanche.
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- avellaneda — a city in E Argentina, an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires. Pop: 328 980 (2001)
- avoidances — Plural form of avoidance.
- avoidantly — In an avoidant manner.
- avvogadore — an official Venetian criminal prosecutor
- award wage — (in Australia and New Zealand) statutory minimum pay for a particular group of workers
- awkwardish — slightly awkward
- awl-shaped — shaped like an awl
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- azhdarchid — Any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.
- bab ed-din — (the Bab; Ali Muhammad of Shiraz) 1819–50, a Persian religious leader: founder of Bābī.
- baby daddy — the biological father of a woman's child, not married to the child's mother and usually not in a relationship with her: Her baby daddy seldom comes to visit her and their child.
- baby grand — a small grand piano, approximately 5 feet long
- baby-daddy — the absent father of an illegitimate child
- baby-faced — having a smooth round face like a baby's
- back judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, field goals, etc.
- back order — an order to be filled when stock is renewed
- back-dated — If a purchase order or invoice is back-dated, it is given a date that is some time before the date it was actually prepared.
- back-order — to treat as a back order: We have to back-order your sofa until the new fabric arrives.
- back-pedal — If you back-pedal, you express a different or less forceful opinion about something from the one you have previously expressed.